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2011-12-26 Syria-Lebanon-Iran

Iran to launch its second modern destroyer

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Posted by Steve White 2011-12-26 00:00|| || Front Page|| [7 views ] Top

#1 I wish the USN would surgically start to cull any Iranian ships that could be a nuisance, in a subtle manner. More than anything else to lower the Iranian naval "confidence".

The sky's the limit as to how such sabotage could be conducted, but the end result would be to convince the typical Iranian swab that his ship was a cross between a rust bucket and a Jonah.

Posted by Anonymoose 2011-12-26 08:44|| 2011-12-26 08:44|| Front Page Top

#2 That would be part of Operation Lemony Snickett, in which a whole series of unfortunate events befall the Mad Mullahs. It just has to look like either an accident or In'shallah maintenance.

Posted by Steve White 2011-12-26 13:50|| 2011-12-26 13:50|| Front Page Top

#3 Aluminium hull meet mercury or gallium...

Posted by Bright Pebbles 2011-12-26 15:22|| 2011-12-26 15:22|| Front Page Top

#4 Jamaran

Is that Farsi for Man Made Reef?

Posted by gorb 2011-12-26 21:34|| 2011-12-26 21:34|| Front Page Top

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